[16], 22 pages, [2], 401 pages, [15] p. : 20 cm (4to)

Imprint supplied from colophon, with the printer's device with "1584" at head of page

"It is .. more likely that Caradog wrote his work in Latin than in Welsh". Cf. Dictionary of National Bibliography

The original Latin edition is not known. This English version was in fact assembled and translated by Humphrey Llwyd from various Welsh sources and expanded by David Powell

"A description of Cambria now called Wales: drawne first by Sir Iohn Price knight, and afterward augmented and made perfect by Humfrey Lhoyd gentleman", p. 1-22, 2nd count, has separate caption title

Pages 1-401, 4th count, is a section with famous personages with a woodcut portrait of each and their coat of arms, most of which are blank of any heraldic devices

"Dauid ap Owen", p. 227-229, makes reference to the voyage of Prince Madoc to Florida, antedating Spanish discoveries

Signatures: pi⁸ (pi1, pi4 versos blank) A⁸ B⁴ C-Y⁸ 2A-2E⁸ 2F-2G⁴ (2G4 blank)

Includes index

Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; head and tail pieces; initials

Purchase; 04265

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